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adjective

ăquĭfŏlĭus

fem. ăquĭfŏlia · neut. ăquĭfŏlium
2. acus-folium, like antiquus from anticus, aquipenser from acipenser
having pointed leaves;; the holly-tree; the scarlet holm •
having pointed leaves; hence, aquifolia ilex, or absol.: ăquĭfŏ-lĭa, ae, f., or ăquĭfŏlĭum, ii, n., the holly-tree, or the scarlet holm: llex aquifolium, Linn.; Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32; 16, 18, 30, § 73, 16, 43, 84, § 230.—And adj.: vectes aquifolii, made of holly-wood, Cato, R. R. 31.
Perseus ID: n3279 Key: aquifolius